A council in control

Waipā District Council revealed the size of a proposed rate increase last week. The News’ Mary Anne Gill, the only journalist who follows the council’s work, reflects on a process which enabled councillors to formulate…

A Waipā bus service between Cambridge and Te Awamutu is some years off but more buses and increased frequency on existing routes could come as early as next year. The success of the Meteor in…

Advocacy played a significant role in the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce’s year, chief executive Kelly Bouzaid told the business group’s annual meeting last week. Raising awareness about a proposed quarry south of Cambridge by gauging…

Waipā parish priests Joe Stack and Leonard Danvers had crucial roles in the ordination of new Hamilton Diocese Catholic bishop Richard Laurenson on Friday. The two monsignors – titles bestowed by the Pope on priests…

Waipā’s rates team sent out more penalty letters for unpaid rates this month than staff can recall, financial accountant Nada Milne told the district council meeting this week. And the 95 per cent of rates…

They’re Dreamy, Cassidy and Tiny for the moment but if Peter McDermott has his way, they will be Cambridge-based champions within a few years. And they will have plenty of local support because residents will…

Destination Cambridge is crunching the numbers as it faces a double setback to its operating budget. Waipā District Council funding of $157,000 for its i-Site information job is gone from July 1 next year while…

OPINION Waipā District Council’s decision last week to cut funding to the two i-Sites in Cambridge and Te Awamutu appears to be the first sign other tough financial decisions will follow. But The News’ attempts…

Audit New Zealand billed Waipā District Council $233,469 to conduct its annual audit and provide a management report to the Audit and Risk committee. The committee this week received the report, which has three new…

Waipā’s 17 ratepayer-owned sports fields could soon be managed by the council rather than the clubs which lease them. The proposal was considered by the council’s Service Delivery committee on Tuesday after The News went…